The Left Front, convened a media briefing in Rajagiriya on Monday. At this media briefing Presidential Candidate of the Left Front, Duminda Nagamuwa, expressed the following views:

Duminda Nagamuwa stated:

[quote]This is the first time in an election in Sri Lanka that both candidates did not have a manifesto two weeks into the run up to the election. The first manifesto was published on the 19th and the second on the 23rd. When Mahinda’s manifesto was published on the 23rd, the first round of postal voting had already concluded. Both the main candidates from the wealthy parties do not want a discussion on policy, they want to show their faces and win power. This is like an icing cake that has been made with poison. Both manifestos are like two slices of the same cake.[/quote]

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